Cambridge Alumni MagazineIssue 102 - Easter term 2024 Bumps Helping hands Evolution. But not as we know it. Download PDF version Features Features / Helping hands Finding answers to the really big questions no longer depends on human ingenuity alone: machine science is enabling scientists to go further faster than ever before Features / Page-turners, eye-openers, brain-blowers. Your summer reading is here… Cambridge students, academics and alumni share what books they will – and should – be packing in their suitcase. Features / Good memories: a life dedicated to the mind Professor Carol Brayne has pioneered specialist research into dementia prevention and treatment, dedicating her life to a world where medicine meets statistics. Features / Evolution. But not as we know it. Forget the Tree of Life, meet the Network of Life: a new model that is about to change everything you think you know about the principles of evolution. Features / Bumps You’ll never make the Blue Boat, and Blondie and Goldie are only a dream. But you still fancy a day on the water with an oar in your hand. It’s time for messing about on the river. Regulars Crossword / Missing Title by Nimrod CAM 102's crossword, Missing Title by Nimrod, had for its theme an 'Only Connect' wall. This idea must die / This idea must die: “Small island economies aren’t worth investing in” Dr Nazia Habib says we must focus on the potential – not the challenges – of isolated island communities. Soundtrack / We had a show called Too Marvellous for Words. One review said: “It’s not” For David Pickard (Corpus 1979), director of the BBC Proms, Cambridge was about discovering new music, converting people to opera… and performing terrible shows in Edinburgh. School of thought / School of thought: the real impact of social inequality on progress Study shows disadvantaged children’s struggles are not down to a simple lack of character or attitude. Brainwaves / Mapping the world of great women and their incredible stories Sandi Toksvig (Girton 1977) discusses the Mappa Mundi project. My room, your room / Dharshini David returns to K15, Downing College Journalist Dharshini David meets Jiyaad Ali to discuss the challenges of a work-life balance and why the must-have gadget in her day was… a microwave. Student life / Crash, bang, squelch, splat, whoosh, pop! Creating CHaOs – the students taking their love of science to UK schools. News / Campendium: Easter Term 2024 A Neanderthal skull, Medieval money mystery and recycling cement. Inbox / Inbox: CAM 102 Read the editor’s letter and all your emails, comments and posts in response to CAM 101. News / Search it up! Your directory to alumni life: events, benefits and updates.
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